The Urban Game Analysis

In the Urban Game, I put many different buildings, trees, and things used for transportation in the town. The first thing I set in the town were houses so that factory workers, coal miners, and residents could have a place to live. I also put many trees in the city so the people could have air to breathe. Soon after, I added roads for transportation, as well as bridges to cross the River, and a canal to export goods and as another mode of transportation. Soon after these were added to the rural town, factories were added to mainly produce textiles using a water powered engine. The first coal mine was also added since coal was abundant in England, and they figured out how to use it for electricity. Later on, more factories were added, and coal engines powered them, and more coal mines were made to power these plants. To connect all of these coal mines and factories, a railroad had to be built to transport things. As a result of all these plants, more nice houses have been constructed for the factory owners. These factory owners made up a majority of the upper class, so more stores, theaters, museums, and private schools had to be built. Also, due to all of the immigrants, labor was getting even cheaper, so people could no longer afford houses, so houses had to be erased, and tenements had to be built. Working conditions in the coal mines and factories had very dangerous conditions; so many people were getting sick or injured under these …show more content…
We only had a short amount of time to draw each thing because the Industrial Revolution happened very rapidly. During this time, towns were changing to cities very rapidly, and timing our drawings demonstrated that. When the time ran, out people were panicking and rushing to finish. This probably represented the town’s people and them panicking to finish projects to please the factory owners with the hope to get wealthy like